Population
Anesthetized cats (pial precapillary vessels ranging in diameter from 13 to 90 µm)
Comparison
Changes in arterial blood carbon dioxide tension vs Baseline/control values
Design
Preclinical
Authors
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Does not inform human cerebrovascular management; leaves open translation of size-dependent hypercapnic responses from feline models.
Pial precapillary vessels in cats exhibit size-dependent vasodilation in response to hypercapnia, with smaller vessels showing a greater magnitude of response.
Raper et al. (1971) studied this question.
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